— An active cannula is a medical device composed of thin, pre-curved, telescoping tubes that may enable many new surgical procedures. Planning optimal motions for these devices i...
Most real-world negotiation scenarios involve multiple, interdependent issues. These scenarios are specially challenging because the agents' utility functions are nonlinear, ...
We examine the design space of auction mechanisms and identify three core activities that structure this space. Formal parameters qualifying the performance core activities enable...
Peter R. Wurman, Michael P. Wellman, William E. Wa...
The paper presents a novel approach based on Bogor for the accurate verification of applications based on PublishSubscribe infrastructures. Previous efforts adopted standard model...
Qualitative Reasoning is characterised by making knowledge explicit in order to arrive at efficient reasoning techniques. It contrasts with often intractable quantitative models. W...